Kalamata
Culture
First Greek Animated Movie Presented at Kalamata Filmhouse
Filmhouse, Kalamata’s new film club is participating in the “Cultural Summer” event organized by the public welfare institution Faris and the Municipality of Kalamata, Peloponnese. The film club will present the first Greek animated feature film “From Earth to...
Culture
21st Kalamata International Dance Festival
The Kalamata International Dance Festival has been continuously contributing to Greece’s artistic life for twenty one years and it has become an internationally recognized European festival, following a stable path and committing to the principles and objectives that had...
Greece
Two Deaths and Four Serious Injuries From Greek Easter Fireworks
Two men lost their lives and four were seriously injured from fireworks since last Friday. Two men, aged 23 and 26 were killed by electrocution on Friday in a village near Kalamata, Peloponnese, when their firework hit the power cables....
Greece
Two Dead in Kalamata Due to Fireworks
The two young men aged 23 and 26 lost their lives after throwing a firecracker at a Public Power Corporation (PPC) wire, while still holding a cable connected to the firecracker. As a result, the two young Greeks were electrocuted.
The tragic...
Greece
Unique Easter Traditions That Revive in Greece Each Year
Easter is celebrated in highly devout atmosphere, across every corner of Greece. It is a glorious day for Greeks since the resurrection of Christ coincides with the most beautiful phase of spring. Flowers are blooming, the trees are greener than...
Economy
ND Leader Samaras Criticizes Government for Closed Shops on Sundays
The leader of the main opposition New Democracy (ND), Antonis Samaras, criticized the government following a visit to the town of Kalamata in southern Peloponnese, Greece on Sunday, saying the town’s shops shouldn’t be closed when cruise ships are...
Greece
Prokopis Pavlopoulos: Who Is the New President of the Hellenic Republic?
The new President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, was elected today, February 18, by the Greek Parliament. Pavlopoulos was born in 1950 in Kalamata, Greece, where he finished his school studies. In 1968, he moved to the Greek...
Greece
Strong Winds and Snow Disrupt Greece Again, One Dead From Uprooted Tree Fall [Video]
One death and two injuries have been recorded in Greece due to deteriorating weather conditions in the eastern island of Lesvos when their car was crushed by an uprooted poplar in the road connecting the island's capital town Mytilene and...
Greece
British Woman Living in Greece Says Greeks Are Lucky
Mal Fidler is a 65-year-old woman who was born in the UK but decided to move to Greece. In her recent interview with a Greek website, she talked about her experiences and the beauties of Messenia where she now resides, the...
Greece
HRADF Receives Binding Offers for Regional Greek Airports
Fourteen regional airports from respective Greek cities will be privatized within the following months as the binding offers from potential investors have already been filed to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) and according to the schedule, they...